@edutopia PBL is SO effective with my first and second graders. I have two year long interdisciplinary units (space and animals/national parks) that I alternate years doing. They span all subjects and effectively provide my students immersive experiences for learning.

A definite #2 on my list!

That’s a top 5 for me.

Harry and Rosemary Wong’s The First Days of School.

The final question in this #EduInFocus slow chat:

What’s something you used to believe about instructional rounds, but no longer do?

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If a student is an early finisher, knows how to explain their work, and already has great SEL and communication skills established, they usually have enrichment/challenge work of another kind available to them or I let them read more. 3 of 3

So for those students, I typically have them be support for other students to give them time to work on communication skills and explaining their thinking to other students. 2 of 3

Depends on the student. I have some students who are early finishers because they know the academic really well, but they struggle w/social emotional & communication pieces. Oftentimes those are the students who can’t explain the why or what they did in math or the reading just comes easy. 1 of

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So true!